Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
See diagrams of milkweed flower structure at Wayne's Word.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anantherix connivens
COMMON NAME:
Largeflower Milkweed
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1164336370874448
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Leaves oblong to narrowly lance-shaped, to 2.75" long, somewhat white-waxy, and slightly hairy, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Apocynaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias connivens
FAMILY
Asclepiadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anantherix connivens
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